Zoltan, use reconcile volumes fix=yes at the source server to get rid of dangling archive objects at the target server. I have a couple of customers that have a PMR open for the archive objects of virtual volumes not being deleted at the target server. You might want to open a PMR too so that there is more evidence of this phenomenon. This started with v6.1 and in one installation that is not using tape but instead file device class at the target server I had to run regular reconcile volumes fix=yes commands because they ran out of space. Regardless of whether you are using file or disk device class to store the data at the target server, reconcile volumes fix=yes at the source server will communicate with the target server to inactivate the dangling archive objects. Then run expire inv at the target server to physically remove the objects. For file device class, the flat files will be deleted (assuming they are scratch volumes) and for disk device class volumes the pages will be freed up.
And, yes, the comment about delg=0 is quite correct. Use q server f=s to find out what it is, then update server <name> delg=0. Regards, Joerg Pohlmann -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 07:18 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Managing/deleting DBSNAPSHOTs We have setup a small, offsite TSM server to function as a repository of across-the-wire DBSNAPSHOT database backups for our production TSM servers. We want each server to perform daily dbsnapshot backups to this server. Since the offsite server currently has limited disk space (2-dbsnapshots for all servers), we need to expire/purge the previous dbsnapshot-1 before we can perform another dbsnapshot. I have everything configured and the dbsnapshots work as expected. My problem is this. How to I get the dbsnapshots to expire/go away on the offsite server? What controls the expiration of the dbsnapshots? I have run "delete volhist devclass todate=today-1 type=dbsnapshot" commands and it says they are deleted but the space is not release on the offsite server? I have had to perform manual "delete filespace ... type=server" on the offsite server but that deletes everything in the filespace. What am I missing? Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html